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New Robot Can Help You Find Your Way

BoingBoing is reporting that a new robotic assistant may soon be able to help you find your way the next time you are lost in a mall or a supermarket. The latest demonstration from the Osaka-based Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR) showcased "Robovie", a semi-humanoid robot designed to monitor up to 20 people at a time and classify each person's behavior into one of 10 categories (waiting, wandering, walking fast, etc). Whenever it was able to classify someone as disoriented it would approach them and ask "are you lost", if the answer was yes it provided directions, otherwise it just recommended nearby shops and restaurants.

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  1. niggers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. Re:I for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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    He started to cry, wiping his mouth with his napkin and tossing it on his plate, which only contained a leaf of escarole. "But what I can't get out of my head," he said, "is his ass pussy, like some undersea beast, nestled in the rocks and coral of her legs. Sometimes, at night, man, I can still hear my watch, its ticking echoing off the walls of his prostate. Hell, if I took a flashlight to him, I'd probably find cave drawings in there."

    Taking his hand, the GNAA assured the anonymous VA Linux insider that the world would be warned away from CmdrTaco's gaping anus, yes, truly a shallow way to judge a turd burglar, but he deserves nothing less.

  3. Re:Perfect loss control system by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's an Osaka robot it's not Shoplifting it's ShopRifting